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Venera Cardile

Venera Cardile

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8760
World Ranking
15788
National Ranking
497

Overview

Venera Cardile is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several interconnected fields including molecular biology, food science, pharmacology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and materials chemistry.

The primary research topics covered by Cardile include essential oils and antimicrobial activity, occupational and environmental lung diseases, natural product bioactivities and synthesis, lysosomal storage disorders research, wound healing and treatments, bee products chemical analysis, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Several recent publications demonstrate Cardile's focus on bioactive natural compounds and their biomedical applications. Notable works include:

  • "Oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) essential oil provides anti-inflammatory activity and facilitates wound healing in a human keratinocytes cell model" (2020, Food and Chemical Toxicology)
  • "Functionalization of Single and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Polypropylene Glycol Decorated Pyrrole for the Development of Doxorubicin Nano-Conveyors for Cancer Drug Delivery" (2020, Nanomaterials)
  • "Moscatilin, a bibenzyl derivative from the orchid Dendrobium loddigesii, induces apoptosis in melanoma cells" (2020, Chemico-Biological Interactions)
  • "Chamazulene-Rich Artemisia arborescens Essential Oils Affect the Cell Growth of Human Melanoma Cells" (2020, Plants)
  • "Management of the Brain: Essential Oils as Promising Neuroinflammation Modulator in Neurodegenerative Diseases" (2024, Antioxidants)

Cardile frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, with the most frequent including Adriana Carol Eleonora Graziano, Rosanna Avola, Alessandra Russo, Maurizio Bruno, and Daniela Rigano. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications that contribute to the fields mentioned above.

Their work has appeared across several scientific journals, with repeated publications in Chemico-Biological Interactions, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Food and Chemical Toxicology. These venues highlight the interdisciplinary nature of their research, which bridges chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and toxicology.

Best Publications

  • Cloning of a new gap junction gene (Cx36) highly expressed in mammalian brain neurons

    Daniele Filippo Condorelli;Rosalba Parenti;Francesca Spinella;Angela Trovato Salinaro

  • Chemical composition and anticancer activity of essential oils of Mediterranean sage (Salvia officinalis L.) grown in different environmental conditions

    Alessandra Russo;Carmen Formisano;Daniela Rigano;Felice Senatore

  • Indian medicinal plants as antiradicals and DNA cleavage protectors.

    A. Russo;A.A. Izzo;V. Cardile;F. Borrelli

  • Protective effect of Capparis spinosa on chondrocytes.

    A M Panico;V Cardile;F Garufi;C Puglia

  • Chilean propolis: antioxidant activity and antiproliferative action in human tumor cell lines.

    A. Russo;V. Cardile;F. Sanchez;N. Troncoso

  • Essential oils of Salvia bracteata and Salvia rubifolia from Lebanon: Chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and inhibitory effect on human melanoma cells

    Venera Cardile;Alessandra Russo;Carmen Formisano;Daniela Rigano

  • History, genetic, and recent advances on Krabbe disease

    Adriana Carol Eleonora Graziano;Venera Cardile

  • Protective Effect of Carnosine During Nitrosative Stress in Astroglial Cell Cultures

    V. Calabrese;C. Colombrita;E. Guagliano;M. Sapienza

  • Antiproliferative effect of oleuropein in prostate cell lines

    Rosaria Acquaviva;Claudia Di Giacomo;Valeria Sorrenti;Fabio Galvano

  • Lichen metabolites prevent UV light and nitric oxide-mediated plasmid DNA damage and induce apoptosis in human melanoma cells.

    A. Russo;M. Piovano;L. Lombardo;J. Garbarino

  • Antioxidant activity and antiproliferative action of methanolic extract of Geum quellyon Sweet roots in human tumor cell lines

    Alessandra Russo;Venera Cardile;Laura Lombardo;Luca Vanella

  • Chemo-enzymatic synthesis and cell-growth inhibition activity of resveratrol analogues.

    Venera Cardile;Laura Lombardo;Carmela Spatafora;Corrado Tringali

  • Genistin inhibits UV light-induced plasmid DNA damage and cell growth in human melanoma cells

    Alessandra Russo;Venera Cardile;Laura Lombardo;Luca Vanella

  • An in vitro study of new antiepileptic drugs and astrocytes.

    Antonino Pavone;Venera Cardile

  • Response of cell cycle/stress-related protein expression and DNA damage upon treatment of CaCo2 cells with anthocyanins.

    Marcella Renis;Laura Calandra;Christian Scifo;Barbara Tomasello

  • Effects of Ellagic Acid on Angiogenic Factors in Prostate Cancer Cells

    Luca Vanella;Claudia Di Giacomo;Rosaria Acquaviva;Ignazio Barbagallo

  • DNA damage in human fibroblasts exposed to fumonisin B1

    F. Galvano;A. Russo;V. Cardile;G. Galvano

  • Eugenol and its synthetic analogues inhibit cell growth of human cancer cells (Part I)

    V. Cardile;C. Gallardo

  • Chitosan microspheres for intrapulmonary administration of moxifloxacin: interaction with biomembrane models and in vitro permeation studies.

    Cinzia A. Ventura;Silvana Tommasini;Emanuela Crupi;Ignazio Giannone

  • Pannarin inhibits cell growth and induces cell death in human prostate carcinoma DU-145 cells.

    Alessandra Russo;Marisa Piovano;Laura Lombardo;Luca Vanella

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvatore Sortino
Salvatore Sortino University of Catania
Francesco Bonina
Francesco Bonina University of Catania
Giovanni Puglisi
Giovanni Puglisi University of Catania
Massimo Libra
Massimo Libra University of Catania
Maurizio Bruno
Maurizio Bruno University of Palermo
Natale Belluardo
Natale Belluardo University of Palermo
Sonia Piacente
Sonia Piacente University of Salerno
Giuseppa Mudò
Giuseppa Mudò University of Palermo
Fabio Galvano
Fabio Galvano University of Catania
Ruxandra Gref
Ruxandra Gref University of Paris-Saclay

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